Answered: Are the balls in the starting field setup scored?

[stuffstuff]

Are the buckyballs on the bump and the large balls on the 12" bar counted as scored?

[Karthik]

@stuffstuff

Are the buckyballs on the bump and the large balls on the 12" bar counted as scored?

We ask you to please thoroughly read the VEX Toss Up Game Manual and to please review the Q&A Usage Guidelines before posting in this forum. Specifically, please quote the rule or definition that your question is referring to.

Let’s take a look at the definition of Scored from the VEX Toss Up Game Manual. I’ve bolded some text for emphasis:

@VEX Toss Up Game Manual

Scored – A Scoring Object is Scored in a Zone if it meets the following criteria.
1. A Scoring Object is touching a Zone
a. A BuckyBall Scored in two Zones will only count for the Goal Zone
b. A Large Ball Scored in two Zones will count for the Zone that the majority of the Large Ball is in
2. The Scoring Object is not Stashed

Next let’s take a look at the definition of Zone.

@VEX Toss Up Game Manual

Zone – The Hanging Zone, Middle Zone or the Goal Zone

The two Zones in question here are the Middle Zone and the Goal Zone, so let’s take a look at their definitions.

@VEX Toss Up Game Manual

Middle Zone – The foam tiles located in between the Bump and the Barrier. The boundary between the Goal Zone and Middle Zone will be marked by a tape line running along the edge of the tiles that is closest to the Goals.

@VEX Toss Up Game Manual

Goal Zone – The foam tiles located between the Barrier and the field wall that the Goals are attached to. The boundary between the Goal Zone and Middle Zone will be marked by a tape line running along the edge of the tiles that is closest to the Goals.

The Scoring Objects which start the match on the Bump or the Barrier are not touching any foam field tiles, hence they are not Scored to start the match.